Council to go to court to evict Weston-super-Mare travellers

North Somerset Council is preparing to go to court on Monday to obtain an eviction order after travellers set up a makeshift campsite on the Beach Lawns in Weston-super-Mare (pictured: stock image of travellers) (Image: Dan Regan)

The local authority, which is unable to issue tickets because the travellers are not technically parked on a highway, ordered the caravans to vacate the site by 5pm on Wednesday evening – a request which appears to have been ignored.

The council is now preparing to obtain an eviction order from North Somerset Magistrates’ Court on Monday, the Weston Mercury reports.

North Somerset Council spokeswoman Zoe Briffitt told the Bristol Post earlier this week: “We will not be issuing the vehicles parked on the Beach Lawns with penalty notices. The land at the Beach Lawns is owned by the council but is classed as private land.

“To fall under the controlled parking enforcement (CPE) rules the vehicles need to be parked on a highway.